17. Isra · verses 48–50

سورة الإسراء
48

ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا

Onthur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoona sabeelan

See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.

49

وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدٗا

Waqaloo aitha kunna AAithaman warufatan ainna lamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeedan

They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"

50

۞ قُلۡ كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوۡ حَدِيدًا

Qul koonoo hijaratan aw hadeedan

Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,